Hillary Clinton condemns Syria over attacks on US and French embassies

Hillary Clinton said that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has lost legitimacy
and is "not indispensable" after an attack on the US and French
embassies in Damascus.

8:18AM BST 12 Jul 2011

The Secretary of State also rebuked any suggestions that the US would have anything to gain with Assad in power.

She said: "If anyone, including President Assad, thinks that the United States is secretly hoping that the regime will emerge from this turmoil to continue its brutality and repression, they are wrong."

"President Assad is not indispensable and we have absolutely nothing invested in him remaining in power."